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Definition of ageing



Overview of noun ageing

The noun ageing has 2 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)
1. ripening, aging, ageing

(acquiring desirable qualities by being left undisturbed for some time)

2. aging, ageing, senescence

(the organic process of growing older and showing the effects of increasing age)


Overview of verb age

The verb age has 3 senses? (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (1) age

(begin to seem older; get older; "The death of his wife caused him to age fast")

2. (1) senesce, age, get on, mature, maturate

(grow old or older; "She aged gracefully"; "we age every day

3. age

(make older; "The death of his child aged him tremendously")


Overview of adj ageing

The adj ageing has 1 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)
1. aging, ageing, senescent

(growing old)